Who can build the tallest spaghetti tower?

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Published: Tuesday, 12 March 2024 08:18

Written by Year Six

In Year 6, we welcomed Mr Shannon in to 'kick start' our science week.   He spoke to the year group about his job as a civil engineer and highlighted how important science is in his work.  He had many interesting facts to share and the children asked lots of questions.

He then set the children a challenge in the classrooms - who could build the highest spaghetti tower? They only had 20 strands of spaghetti and 1m of tape and the towers had to be strong enough to hold a giant marshmallow.  The children worked in groups and showed great teamwork and perseverance. 

The winning tower was from Banksy and measured 26.5cm tall!